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Fry | Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of any fish. [1913 Webster] 2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. [1913 Webster] The fry of children young. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. --Milton. [1913 Webster] We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] |
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